Mighty Quin snaps Twigg in Shikara final

The first set piece, a corner, fell to the Twigg. The ball was won in the air but headed over the bar.

From then on Quin's movement and passing improved greatly, for the next 20 minutes

Quins put Twigg on the back foot, but despite strikes on goal it remained nil-nil.

The Twigg did get down Quins’ end many times but found a defence resolute in its job.

However from a Twigg corner the ball wasn't cleared and it fell to John Smith whose effort hit the legs of the ‘keeper and fell to a Quin player. Some quick passing and the ball was down the other end of the field and in the Twigg goal, making it 1-0 to Quin Dynamoes.

On the balance of play for the first half, this was probably a fair result.

I don't know what was said in the dressing rooms at half time but the Twigg started the second half in a more determined mood and laid siege to Quins goal.

But a number of corners and attacks failed to produce the goal that would have levelled the game.

Quins, having weathered the Twigg storm, produced a fine attack that resulted in a fierce shot striking the upright, falling to one of their own players who contrived to miss an open goal.

Paul Denman made a couple of substitutions to give the team fresh impetus but with time slipping away, and in search of that equalising goal, the Quin strikers were finding gaps.

The decisive second goal came from a freekick that was not cleared. The ball fell to Zac Dimitrovski whose shot found the back of the Twigg net.

From this point, it was always going to be hard for Twigg to come back. The players didn't give up trying. Unfortunately for them though, the Quins defence was having a great game and repelled all attacks.

The final whistle came and a 2-0 win to Quin Dynamoes was fair reward for a good team performance; the only thing left was for John Digby, of Quins, to pick up the man of the match award.

As for the William Twigg, don't write them off just yet as they will be looking to be back at the final next year.